Back Inside the Label Vault for a 1996 KISS Alive!/Alive II Box Set, That Never Happened!

Episode 650. Robert Conte returns! Robert shares more specific details of his work inside the label vault when he was tasked to help assemble a KISS Alive!/Alive II box set back in 1996. He goes into specific details of what he found inside the vault. What shows, what tapes, what surprises! Did you know that legendary radio DJ Wolfman Jack recorded a commercial for KISS Alive!? He found the recording. He reveals the truth about the KISS Alive II misprint, that it isn’t a misprint. He shows tapes… that Mark doesn’t even own! This show is filled with so much minutia, so many little details! This is a great companion episode for our recent episode featuring Jeff Fura from Universal Music. Press requests please contact Michael Brandvold at Since launching in 2012 Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or listened to over 6,000,000 times. Three Sides of the Coin has been joined by special guests including former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, Eddie Trunk, AEW Superstar and lead singer of Fozzy Chris Jericho, Angel lead guitarist Punky Meadows, Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Jason Hook, Vinnie Vincent Invasion and Slaughter lead singer Mark Slaughter, Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider, comedian Craig Gass, KISS’ former business manager Chris Lendt, the Black Veil Brides’ Andy Biersack, Frank Munoz associate producer for Ace Frehley’s Anomaly album, award winning songwriter Adam Mitchell, Ed Kanon (Peter Criss’ drum tech), Kevin Valentine (drummer on KISS’ Psycho Circus album). Three Sides of the Coin was picked (October 2013) as a ‘What’s Hot’ podcast by Apple’s iTunes. In the early ’90s, Michael Brandvold launched the fifth ever website on the Internet devoted to KISS, KISS Otaku. He built, launched and maintained Kissonline.com (KISS’ official web presence). He now owns Michael Brandvold Marketing, providing marketing services and digital strategy to musicians. Tommy Sommers spent 15 years on the record show circuit collecting, trading and selling memorabilia / Kiss merchandise. He is now a successful residential Real Estate agent in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area. Tommy has also produced a KISS song For The Oddfathers and is the owner of Rock Steady Digital Photography. Mark Cicchini, is a world renown KISS collector. KISS have used parts of Mark’s vast KISS collection for audio, video & print materials including their book NOTHIN TO LOSE, CD re release of the LOVE GUN album & the VH1 Ultimate Album KISS ALIVE! special as well as many other KISS projects. His wife also makes a mean meatloaf!!! It’s only our opinion… it’s neither right nor wrong. Three Sides of the Coin Radio: Facebook: facebook.com/threesidesofthecoin Twitter: twitter.com/threesidescoin Spotify: spotify.threesidesofthecoin.com YouTube: youtube.threesidesofthecoin.com iHeartRadio: iheartradio.threesidesofthecoin.com Spreaker: spreaker.threesidesofthecoin.com iTunes: itunes.threesidesofthecoin.com TuneIn: tunein.threesidesofthecoin.com Stitcher Radio: stitcher.threesidesofthecoin.com SoundCloud: @ michaelbrandvoldmarketing Web: threesidesofthecoin.com Merchandise: shop.threesidesofthecoin.com Three Sides Of The Coin is unofficial & unsanctioned and has no affiliation with the band KISS. MichaelBrandvold.com Three Sides of the Coin Monthly Option 1 : $1.99 USD – monthly Option 2 : $5.00 USD – monthly Option 3 : $9.99 USD – monthly If you would rather make a one time donation of any amount, please use the Donate button below.

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Back Inside the Label Vault for a 1996 KISS Alive!/Alive II Box Set, That Never Happened! is an episode from Three Sides of the Coin – A KISS Podcast and Radio Show by Michael Brandvold, Tommy Sommers, Mark Cicchini and Lisa Martini.

This episode is 1:17:45 long.

This episode was published on Jan 5, 2026.

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